The Importance of Disorder in a Lawyer’s Life
As we all know, lawyers get paid handsomely for appearing in the court-room. Why? Just to stand in front of an old “wise” (By wise, I mean, wearing the wig of wisdom) man and argue? Yes indeed. Lawyers are wordsmiths.[1] They earn their bread and butter, by doing what they are best at, that is, arguing and fighting. Let me tell you that this much looked forward to “disorder” inside the courtroom is initiated by the much unwelcome disorder that takes place outside the courtroom.
As Hobbes puts forth in his Social Contract Theory, man is essentially a selfish being. There exists an anarchy in the world, where men compete against each other. This had been prevalent even in the most ancient times. However, in the course of time, men agreed upon certain laws which would bind them. They agreed to be punished if they violated those very laws. So, man continues to fight with others of his race even today, the only difference being that he is bound now by certain laws. Whenever and wherever he disobeys the LAW, it is the lawyers who step in. This is reality.
Now, just for a minute, imagine the world to be a peaceful place, with its natural order intact and everybody loving everybody else. No person would ever have a grudge against the other. Every person would be minding his own business, there would be no greed, no jealousy and no hatred in the world. What then, prithee, would be the use of law? And if there was no law, would lawyers even exist?
So you see, the very lawless that lawyers fight against play a very significant role in a lawyer’s life, for without the disorderly, these poor lawyers would not be what they are!
[1]As aptly put by Professor Amita Dhanda, our Legal Methods Course Instructor (1st semester, September 2010) at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
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